By Don Asoka Wijewardena
Plans are afoot to extend the railway track to Nuwara Eliya from Nanu Oya. Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said yesterday that work would begin as soon as the relevant surveys and the funding are lined up. He was positive that the proposed seven-kilometer extension would benefit holiday makers, both foreign and local, traveling to Nuwara Eliya.
Minister Welgama told The Island that he visited the Nanu Oya railway station recently. It was being modernized. He had instructed railway officials to attend to several shortcomings at the station. As things stand, the Podimenike train, which leaves Fort railway station does not go beyond Nanu Oya.
He added that at present the Nanu Oya station collects about Rs.75,000 per day in revenue, primarily from 300 to 400 baskets of flower entrusted to it for transport to various parts of the country.
Minister Welgama said that he also instructed railway officials to ensure that the station had modern facilities.
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